Two rallies, one order still missing
The Telangana High Court reportedly asked Hyderabad police to revisit two Tiranga bike-rally applications. Other reports say it ordered permission directly. The written order remains unavailable.
The court’s reported directions and the police response remained unclear as the written order was unavailable.
The Telangana High Court has reportedly criticised Hyderabad police for outright rejecting applications for two Tiranga bike rallies and directed the Hyderabad City Police Commissioner to reconsider them, according to a September 11 report. Other reports say the court ordered police to grant permission directly. The written order, naturally, has not joined the conversation.
The proposed rallies involve 150 motorcycles each. The September 12 rally was to run from Balapur Shivaji Chowk to the Bhagyalakshmi temple near Charminar, while the September 15 rally was proposed from the Charminar area to the Sardar Patel statue near the Assembly. The applications were filed by Andela Sriramulu Yadav and Y. Shilpa Reddy, identified in one report as BJP state Mahila Morcha president.
Justice T. Madhavi Devi was quoted as saying that “travelling with a national flag should not have any restrictions”, while also indicating that routes, timings and other conditions could regulate the rallies. Police concerns reportedly included law and order, Ganesh Chaturthi, Assembly-session bandobast and peak-hour traffic. The court record and any subsequent police decision remain unconfirmed. For now, even the order’s exact meaning is being routed through competing headlines.